Towers Hyperboreal

Liner Notes

Believe it or not, this started as an attempt to write a slap bass line in 11:4. Applied some classical theory and in the end it turned into this, and while there is nothing funky about it I honestly couldn't be happier.

Comments

This works really well with the odd time signature. The little drums are great and it's cool how the bass moves around the sonic field.
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@thelowestbitter Indian music theory has some tools to help with this, once you get going with it it's not so bad to compose over it. Look up the Tala article on wikipedia and say some of the patterns out loud (ie "Tha Ka Dhi Mi Tha Ka Tha Ki Ta" for 9:4). The essential principle is a regular progression of familiar meters like 6:4, 4:4, 3:4 etc, structured in a way that you can't subdivide them any further (specifically, divide it up evenly so that each subsection is exactly the same). Right now I'm working on a 14:4 piece that goes "Tha ka dhi mi - Tha ki ta - Tha ki ta - Tha ka dhi mi" (if I did "Tha ka dhi mi - Tha ki ta - Tha ka dhi mi - Tha ki ta" that would be evenly divisible by 2 in the middle and really be 7:4)

I actually don't remember how I approached this song specifically though.
PS: Going over it again and trying to count it I think this one was "Tha ki ta - Tha ki dhi mi - Tha ki dhi mi"

Love this time sig, you make it sound really natural and unforced which I personally find is always a bit of a struggle when using odd time signatures. Really like that main synth sound, and the synth bass in this is great.